Window shade or screen



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1,

M. MGE. KILLINGER.

WINDOW SHADE 0E SCREEN.

No. 482,798. Patented Sept. 20, 1892.

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I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. M. McE. KILLINGER. WINDOW SHADE 0R SCREEN.

Patel ted Sept. 20, 1892.

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7 i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' MELROSS MOENTYRE KILLlNGER, or BATTLE CREEK, NEBRASKA, AssIeNoR TOFANNIE A. GRINNELL, on WYTHEVILLE, VIRGINIA.

WINDOW SHADE OR SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,798, datedSeptember 20, 1892.

Application filed April 1a, 1891.

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, MELROSS MCENTYRE KILLINGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, re-

siding at Battle Creek, in the county of Madison and State of Nebraska,have invented a new and useful Window Shade or Screen, of

which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements on a curtain-fixture formingsubject-matter of an application for patent filed February 13, 1891,Serial No. 381,324. I

The object of the present invention is to arrange the curtain or shadeand enable the same to be adjusted so that any desired portion may beshaded by allowing the curtain or shade to be lowered from the top ofthe window or raised from the bottom.

A further object of the invention is to enable the curtain or shade tobe readily adjusted without interfering with the arrangement of thesashes.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a window provided with acurtain-fixture constructed in accordance with this invention, thecurtain being within its casing and the latter being arranged at themiddle of the lowersash. Fig. 2 is a similar View, the curtain beingarranged to shade the'entire window. Fig. 3 is a similar view, thecurtain and the top sash being slightly lowered from the top. Figs. land5 are similar views showing other arrangements of the curtain and thelower sash. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 7 is a horizontalsectional View. Fig. 8 is a detail view of an end of the curtain-roller.Fig. 9 is a detail sectional view of the pulley and the pawl. Fig. 10 isa detail perspective View of the pawl.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a window-framehaving upper and lower sashes 2 and 3, and the latter has secured to itssides track-plates 4, which are arranged adjacent the window-frame andare vertical, and have their longitudinal edges 50 bent upon their facesand forming grooves adapted to receive curtain-brackets 5. The

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track-plates are secured to the lower sash 3 and are engaged by plates6, which are secured to the brackets 5 and project laterally therefrom,and the brackets have their inner 5 5 edges arranged between the inwardbent edges of the track-plates. A cylindrical curtain-casing 7 has itsends secured to the brackets, which are adapted to slide on thetrackplates, and it is constructed similarly to that shown and describedin the above-mentioned application, and the curtain-casing 7 is providedwith a longitudinal opening 8, through which passes a shade or curtain9. The shade or curtain 9 is wound around a spring-actuated roller 10,which is journaled in suitable bearings of the brackets 5 in the usualmanner and which has its spring-trunnion 11 arranged to be engaged by asingle dog 12.

In assembling the parts the spring-actuated 7c trunnion is rotated tothe required tension and is then engaged by the dog 12, which has itsouter end pivoted to the end of the roller, and the rivet 13, whichforms the pivot, is sufficiently tight to cause friction between 7 thedog and the end of the roller to hold the dog out of engagement with thespring-actuated trunnion when the parts have been assembled and when thedog has been moved out of such engagement by a rotation of the Sc roller10. The curtain is provided at its outer end with a rod 14 and an eye15, to which is secured 7 one end of a fiat-linked chain 16. The chain16 is constructed similarly to that shown in the above-mentionedapplication and passes over a pulley 17 and is engaged by a pawl 18,which maintains the shade at any desired adjustment. The pulley and thepawl are mounted in a hanger 19, which is constructed like that shown inthe said applio cation and is secured to the top of the windowframe. Thebrackets 5 are adapted to be adjusted independently of the lower sashand to be moved Vertically on the track-plates 4, and they are providedwith spring-actuated 9 5 bolts 20, which are arranged in horizontalopenings of the brackets and are adapted to engage series ofperforations 21 of the track plates. By the above construction thecurtain or shade can be arranged to cover the ICC entire surface of awindow or any portion thereof, and may be either lowered from the top orraised from the bottom, as illustrated 111 Figs 3 and 4, or both raisedand lowered, as shown in Fig. 5. The curtain can also be arranged toexpose the entire window and is then concealed within the casing, asillustrated in Fig. 1.

The chain is provided at its free'end with a loop 22, which is curvedandadapted to be read1ly grasped between the forefinger and the thumb, andafter the curtain has been adusted the loop 22 is hung on the hook 23,arranged on the window-frame. The on rtainfixture is mounted on thelower sash and moves with the same, and is also capable of adjustmentindependent of the sash and from the foregoing description and theaccompanylug drawings the construction, operation, and advantages of theinvention will be readily understood. With the combined adjustment ofthe sash and the brackets the curtain-fixture can be arranged at anypart of a window and can then be adjusted both upward and a downwardfrom that point, which, it will be seen 1s a greatadvantageand enablesawindow to be adjusted for ventilation simultaneously with theadjustment of the curtain without either interfering with the other.

Were the adjustable brackets for the curtain mounted on the windowcasinginstead of on the sash, as shown, the great variety of adjustments byaminimum number of movernents would not be secured. For instance, 1n thisdevice when the lower sash is raised or lowered the curtain iscorrespondingly raised or lowered by the same movement. Now were thecurtain on the casing it will be. seen that each time the lower sash wasraised or lowered the curtain would have to be, inde'. pendentlyadjusted to correspond with the. ad ustment of the sash, thus consumingtime.

What I claim is- 1. In a curtain-fixture, the combination, with thewindow, of the brackets mounted adustably on the lower sash, aspring-actuated curtain-roller mounted in the brackets, a curtain orscreen wound on' the same and leading upward, a hanger secured to thetop of the window and provided with a roller and with a pawl, and thechain passing over the roller and arranged to be engaged by the pawl andhaving one end secured to the end of the curtain, whereby thecurtain-fixture can be arranged at any part of a window and be adjustedboth upward and downward therefrom, substantially as described.

2. In a curtain-fixture, the combination, with a window, of the bracketsadj ustably secured to the lower sash, a spring-actuated curtain-rollermounted in the brackets, a curtain or screen wound on the roller andleading upward to the top of the window, and means located at the topfor securin g the curtain or screen in its adjustment, whereby thecurtain-fixture is adapted to be arranged at any point of a window andbe adjusted upward and downward therefrom independently of the sashes,substantially as described.

3. In a curtain-fixture, the combination of a window, the track-platessecured to one of the sashes, the brackets engaging the trackplates andbeing vertically adjustable on the sash, means for securing the bracketsat any point of adjustment, a spring-actuated curtain-roller, a curtainor screen wound thereon, and means for securing the curtain in itsadjustment, substantially as described.

4. In a curtain-fixture, the combination of a window, the track-platessecured to one of the sashes and provided with a series of perforations,the brackets arranged on the trackplates and engaging the same andprovided with spring-actuated bolts arranged to engage the saidperforations, the curtaimcasing connecting the brackets, a springactuated curtain-roller, a curtain or screen wound on the roller, andmeans for securing the curtain in its adjustment, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

MELROSS McENTYRE KILLINGER. Witnesses:

E. G. SIGGERS, J. H. SIGGERS.

